a few ways to do this
What do u use? What are the steps? I wanna try too keep the finish on the shaft so no green pads or sand paper thanks
Put a piece of plastic over the tip and ferrule and use a rubber band to seal it.
Clean the shaft with denatured alcohol, this will make the shaft feel sticky or fuzzy because the alcohol raised the wood grain, do not worry.
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Red scratch pad from hardware store.
clear shellac or bug shit , shellac is shit from the lac bug I think from India.
It feeds the wood and helps from the wood drying out.
Denatured alcohol.
carnauba or a good quality automotive wax.
People use different shaft sealers, I mix 50/50 denatured alcohol/clear shellac.
I own some lathes so I will give you directions as if you do not have a lathe.
It would be best if you used latex gloves and held the shaft as close as you can to the joint end of the shaft.
Wipe the mixture, of denatured alcohol and the shellac on the shaft the mixture will dry with in a minute or two. put on about 5 or 6 coats and let the shellac dry.
might take 5 or 10 minutes.
Then take the red scratch pad and just lightly buff off only the high spots of the shellac and the fuzzy hairs of the wood that was raised when you cleaned the shaft with denatured alcohol, do not in any way buff thought the shellac into the wood grain.
JUST THE HIGH SPOTS.
Wipe off with a dry cloth, apply several coats of carnauba wax or polymer synthetic car wax, LET THE WAX DRY FOR A HOUR OR TWO.
I like 3 or 4 coats of wax.
Facts
The oil in your hands will dissolve the shellac. Denatured alcohol will dissolve shellac.
The shellac feeds and seals and protects the wood from drying out and letting dirt and grim getting into the wood pores. < but it is sticky >
WAX
The wax helps suspend the dirt grim and chalk. and makes the shellac slick and smooth
If you follow this method of maintaining your shaft it will remain as new.
There are more then one way of cleaning cue shaft.
and not everyone agrees using shellac, some cue maker only use wax or lacquer instead of shellac.
Its your choice and this is one method.
